و حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ وَابْنُ أَبِي خَلَفٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُا سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ لَا يَغْرِسُ رَجُلٌ مُسْلِمٌ غَرْسًا وَلَا زَرْعًا فَيَأْکُلَ مِنْهُ سَبُعٌ أَوْ طَائِرٌ أَوْ شَيْئٌ إِلَّا کَانَ لَهُ فِيهِ أَجْرٌ و قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي خَلَفٍ طَائِرٌ شَيْئٌ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 3970
Jabir (Allah be pleased with him) reported that Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) visited Umm Mubashshir al-Ansariya at her orchard of date-palms and said to her: Who has planted these trees of dates-a Muslim or a non-Musim? She said: A Muslim, of course, whereupon he said: Never a Muslim plants, or cultivates a land, and it out of that men eat, or the animals eat, or anything else eats, but that becomes charity on his (planter's) behalf.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020